uk_africa

OLD BRITISH AFRICA

Queen Crown Badges.


The Gambia Police	Kenya	British S.A.P -1975		Before 1964 when in gained its independence. Manufactured by J.R. Gaunt, London. Actual Zambia

Basutoland Mounted Police	Basutoland Mounted Police	Sierra Leona	Sierra Leona

KING CROWN BADGES


Uganda	Uganda	Uganda	Basutoland Mounted Police	Basutoland Mounted Police	Basutoland Mounted Police

Kenya	Kenya	Tanganika 1919-1961(Tanzania)	Nigeria	Rhodesian " Bristish South African Poilice " helmet badge worn c1933 - 1945,	Rhodesian " Bristish South African Poilice "

Rhodesian " Bristish South African Poilice "	South Africa	1	2	Malawi

1- An obsolete "SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY " (with the CROWN of KING EDWARD 7TH), N.C.O's VOIDED centre HAT and HELMET badge worn 1902-1908, in NICKEL metal , . NOTE. This is the badge that was introduced whilst the Boer War was still being fought and can be included in a Boer War collection.

1- The origins of Ghana's police force lie in efforts by the British council of merchants to protect trading routes and depots. In 1830 the committee hired numerous guards and escorts. Fourteen years later, the British established the 120-member Gold Coast Militia and Police (GCMP). The authorities disbanded this force in 1860 and created a ninety-member corps called the Queen's Messengers. Military units assumed the GCMP's paramilitary duties. During the Asante wars, the Queen's Messengers joined the Hausa Constabulary, imported from Nigeria, and formed the Gold Coast Armed Police Force. In 1876 the British reorganized this unit into the Gold Coast Constabulary, which was divided into two forces in 1901, with the paramilitary mission assigned to the Gold Coast Regiment and the police functions given to the Gold Coast Police Force. The Northern Territories Constabulary, which the British created in 1907, joined the Gold Coast Police Force shortly after World War I. This left Ghana with one police force, a situation that prevailed until independence.